Re:New disclosures to our archive of state-backed informatio...
by billfruit on Friday December 20, 2019 @12:15PM
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I'd also contrast with what Obama did when Turkey shot down a Russian fighter plane with the loss of a pilot, he didn't even offer the slightest of rebukes to Turkey, but rather slapped additional sanctions on Russia. Standing by allies right or wrong seems to be a bipartisan thing.
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Re:New disclosures to our archive of state-backed informatio...
by pjc50 on Friday December 20, 2019 @12:48PM
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Odd choice of incident, given that half the point of NATO is to intercept Russian incursion into its airspace.
Re:New disclosures to our archive of state-backed informatio...
by ivl on Friday December 20, 2019 @12:26PM
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This is an absurd comparison. Turkey shot down a regional adversary's plane that violated their airspace. Obama didn't rebuke them for it because what Russia was doing there was supporting a regime he wanted gone.
Trump basically said he didn't rebuke the Saudis for it because they were negotiating a large sale of weapons. A cold blooded murder of a journalist due to what he said is completely different than shooting down an aircraft over your airspace after signaling that you'll do so and warning them to leave.